Cynthia Ann Frierson tried to remove a body in a casket

AN INTOXICATED woman allegedly burst into a funeral service and began grabbing at the body inside an open casket before trying to remove it.

Cynthia Ann Frierson is behind bars after being arrested at the Roundtree-Napier-Ogilvie Funeral Home in the city of Columbia, Tennessee, WTVF reported.

Columbia Police Department officers were initially called to an alleged hit and run of parked vehicles, the department said in a statement. A red pick-up truck driven by 36-year-old Frierson allegedly sideswiped vehicles parked in front of houses.

As officers spoke to a driver of a vehicle allegedly hit by Frierson, they received a call of a disturbance at the nearby funeral home.

"Frierson showed up at the funeral home as they were actively having a funeral and walked up to the open casket," a witness told police.

She allegedly "then began grabbing at the body inside of the casket and at one point attempted to get the body out of the casket."
Funeral attendees were incensed and told Frierson to get out.

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